In pictures: The Intermot Customized show

Feeding on a persistently growing global trend, Intermot Customized has evolved into a show-in-show, cementing its place among the biggest custom exhibitions in Europe. This year more than 100 custom builders filled a dedicated hall with motorcycle adaptations of their wildest dreams.

The Intermot custom show has grown over the years to become a permanent feature of the German motorcycle exhibition. The concept of individualized motorcycles has been gaining traction all over the world, while in Europe several relevant events grow both in size and publicity every year; the Glemseck 101, Wheels and Waves, and Distinguished Gentleman's Ride are prime examples.

The 2016 Intermot motorcycle show incorporated a dedicated hall under the Customized banner, where customs were organized in several disciplines and competed in various events and contests. Supported by an appropriate array of shops, a big Ace Café London tent in the center, and even two stylish barbers, the do-it-yourself part of Intermot functioned as a show within the show with more than 100 custom builds on display, serving plentiful spectacle for those with an appetite for the unusual.

Proceedings included the 12th AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building, which awarded a multitude of customizers for their creations in a wide array of styles; namely retro/modified, modified Harley-Davidson, street performance, café racer and freestyle. Top honors went to the Rumble Racer from Japan's Suicide Customs, and the championship pledged to resume for the 13th time at the next Intermot in 2018.

Under the auspices of the Customized show, the team that organizes the Glemseck 101 event every year also set-up a couple of outdoor 1/8 mile sprint demonstrations. The Essenza class admitted any custom motorcycle as long as it has two wheels, two cylinders and does not exceed 1,200 cc, while the Sultans of Sprint involved a series of custom dragster builds – think long wheelbases, square rear tires and copious amounts of nitrous oxide.

Bigger than ever before, the 2016 Intermot Customized show offered an amazing wealth of motorcycles ranging from real-world functional customs to incredible show pieces ... as a jump to our extensive photo gallery will emphatically confirm.

Detail on the fuel tank of the 2016 Kawasaki Z1000 by Zweiradtechnik (Germany)(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

The Digimoto, based on a BMW R 1200 R, is a conceptual take on the motorcycles of the future as imagined by industrial designer Christian Zanzotti who was born in Italy and works in Munich, Germany(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

The tail light of The Digimoto, by Christian Zanzotti(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

The futuristic front cowl of The Digimoto by Christian Zanzotti(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

The Wizard of NOS canister and the supercharger (in the background) of the Polizia Uno sprint bike from VTR Customs(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

The redline defines the orientation of the tachometer in the Polizia Uno racer by VTR Customs(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

The SprintSter used to be an ordinary Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200, before Venom Designs (France) converted it to a stylish drag racer for the Sultans of Sprint event(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

The Pure and Crafted BMW 1100 by Krautmotors (Germany) was a contestant at the Sultans of Sprint event(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

The Skinny Beast is a nitrous-powered former Yamaha XV1100, built by Schlachtwerk from Germany for the Sultans of Sprint(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

The Sooner or Later Garage (France) built the Flat Punisher from an air-cooler BMW 800 cc boxer with the addition of nitrous oxide(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

Another air-cooled BMW 1,000 cc boxer engine in what looks like an old R50 or R69 frame, here used to power the L' Ettonante dragster by ST Brooklyn Customs from France(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

Ferdinand the Sparrow is a nitrous take on a Moto Guzzi 1200, built in Switzerland by Young Guns Speed Shop for the Sultans of Sprint event(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

The Sprintbeemer was built with the addition of a nitrous system to an oversized BMW 1,100 cc boxer engine by Lucky Cat Garage (France)(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

This 2003 BMW R 1200 C was given a new life as M1200C by Simply Road Mekhanika from Ukraine(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

Made by Team Hester Motorsport (Germany), the Hester Aer1000 fuses a Yamaha Aerox scooter with a YZF-R1 powerplant(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

The four-cylinder Yamaha R1 engine probably multiplied the power output of the Aerox scooter by a factor of ten, as Team Hester Motorsports transformed it to the Hester Aer1000(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

A custom-made eight-piston caliper will have to stop the Hester Aer1000 when 150+ hp from the Yamaha R1 motor propulse it to speeds that very few scooters on 13-inch wheels have ever experienced(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

A 2014 Harley-Davidson Road King given the bagger treatment by AMS Chopper from Germany(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

The Alcatraz 521 custom has been entirely built in-house by North Coast Custom in Italy(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

The engine of the Alcatraz 521 is a 521 cc single-cylinder unit, made by North Coast Custom in Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

Every part of the Alcatraz 521 has been manufactured by North Coast Custom, including the frame, front suspension and swingarm(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

VanderHeide Motorcycles from Holland created this custom around a hand-crafted carbon monocoque frame(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

VanderHeide Motorcycles installed an Aprilia RSV4 201-hp engine in a custom-made carbon fiber frame and coupled it with girder forks and swingarm from the same lightweight material(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

The carbon girder forks that VanderHeide Motorcycles designed moved the front suspension unit in an area usually occupied by the fuel tank(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

The Brike is the result of converting an older 1,200 cc Buell to a trike, courtesy of Boss 69 from Italy(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

The Brike is built around a frame designed and fabricated by Boss 69 in Italy(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

The single arm front suspension system of the Brike is the result of the co-operation between Paioli and Boss 69(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

A closer look at the rear frame of the Brike by Boss 69(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

The Kettenrad was built by Tomas Pitlik from Czech Republic, fitting a 1947 125 cc CZ single-cylinder motor in a hand-welded frame that rolls on a 1938 Mercedes front and a 1957 Jawa rear wheel(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

What sets apart Tomas Pitlik's Kettenrad from the other customs of the show, is of course the fact that this is a rear wheel-steering bike(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

A collection of flasks from the shopping area of the Intermot Customized show(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

The ER-6 Radicale was prepped by Kawasaki Höly (Germany), tuned to 110 hp and complemented with a large collection of very expensive parts(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

The Speedster by Ehinger Kraftrad (Germany) uses an engine made of several parts from different Harley-Davidson units, such as 1937 UL crankcases and Knucklehead cylinder heads(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)

All the competitors of the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building pose for a group photo with the winning Rumble Racer from Suicide Customs (Japan) in the background(Credit: Spiros Tsantilas/New Atlas)